Apr 09,2015 Special Forum Europe’s Incomplete Pivot to Asia We have been talking about the pivot to Asia, and discussing for so long about the US turning its back on Europe. I have always been convinced that we should together pivot to Asia, the US and the EU. It’s our joint interest, and it would be a strategically powerful move. The reality at the […] Daniel Twining AIIB , EU , Transatlantic relations , Transpacific relations
Dec 11,2014 Country Reports Country Report: Japan (December 2014) As Abe stumbled in the fall of 2014, his defenders grew more aggressive. Initiatives to Russia, North Korea, and China faced one sort of problem or another. Even as Abe reactivated his pursuit of Putin, he was put in the awkward position in Brisbane of a G7 warning, which Japan could not avoid joining, against […] Editorial Staff AIIB , history issues , Japanese Abductees , normal state , Ukraine
Dec 01,2014 Special Forum China’s Eurasian Pivot Since President Xi Jinping came into office, China has been actively pivoting to the vast expanses of Eurasia, particularly reflected in the strengthening of Beijing’s engagement with its neighbors on its western frontier. One of the most important components of China’s Eurasia pivot is an attempt to build the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), with […] Zhang Xiaotong* , Marlen Belgibayev AIIB , Eurasian Economic Union , Marching Westwards , Shanghai Cooperation Organisation , Silk Road Economic Belt